Cardiovascular risk perception and evidence-practice gaps in Australian general practice (the AusHEART study)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 254-259

  Heeley, Emma L ^a   Peiris, David P ^a,b   Patel, Anushka A ^a   Cass, Alan ^a   Weekes, Andrew ^c   Morgan, Claire ^c   Anderson, Craig S ^a   Chalmers, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

^c Peel Thunder Football Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950613793     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03502.x     Document Type: Article

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